What were they thinking?
Aug 18, 2020 10:33:04 #
Retired CPO wrote:
False feeling of security. It makes us FEEL so much better!
But following the four rules
1. social distancing
2. masking
3. sanitizing hands
4. avoiding crowds
does in fact make us safer.
Aug 18, 2020 10:43:55 #
rehess wrote:
From local news reports, your concerns are far from unique.
Oh, I know... Many of our drivers are, like me, getting up in years, and there is a lot of concern. Our company covers 2 adjoining districts. The other one, came out with a fancy plan which would have made things very complex for the drivers. They then scrapped it, and are going with 'virtual' school, as they had in the Spring.
Here, though, they say they are going back... The plan is for only half of the students to go in on any one day. This makes it extremely difficult for substitute drivers like myself, as there are effectively 2 different runs to learn for both elementary and secondary trip.
I told my boss that I may not be available this year. My main focus is field trips, but as they are saying no sports until next year, that is not an issue. They would be somewhat safer, since they are all secondary kids, who tend to behave better, and team players are more likely to obey the rules. There are also coaches there to help enforce them. Social distancing would still be impossible, though.
Aug 18, 2020 10:44:08 #
We know a young woman straight out of college who will be teaching for the first time. Apparently her relatively small school will be dividing students into two groups, one to attend class on Mon and Wed, and the other to attend class on Tue and Thur. She will prepare lectures and other material for students to watch on their own time on-line on their “off days”; I’m not clear on how they will use Friday’s.
Aug 18, 2020 10:49:59 #
exakta56
Loc: Orford,New Hampshire
Horatio wrote:
Who knows if masking even works. Ask American Airlines. They just banned masks with respirator type devices installed. Let's all just get the virus and move on.
Ok! You die first!
Aug 18, 2020 10:50:33 #
Our district is proposing one group on Mondays and Thursdays, and the other on Tuesdays and Fridays. Those not in school will be receiving cyber-tuition, and this would include all students on Wednesdays. Of course, how they will get to school once the majority of bus drivers are sick, nobody knows...
Aug 18, 2020 10:52:12 #
exakta56
Loc: Orford,New Hampshire
You are sick and tired of this virus stuff. Well, my friend, so aren't we all. Mask up and hope things improve.
Aug 18, 2020 10:57:29 #
jayluber
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
srt101fan wrote:
How can you compare exhaled air leakage around the edges of a mask with a wide open path through an exhaust valve?
Are there any epidemiological studies that demonstrate that wearing masks is ineffective?
Are there any epidemiological studies that demonstrate that wearing masks is ineffective?
Actually - there are several.
Aug 18, 2020 11:00:33 #
fantom wrote:
So far, but your theory is to tell her to get the virus so we can all move on, right?
So are we going to do this for the next 20 years? every time someone coughs or sneezes everyone is sent home for two weeks of quarantine?
Aug 18, 2020 11:01:07 #
Bloke wrote:
Our district is proposing one group on Mondays and Thursdays, and the other on Tuesdays and Fridays. Those not in school will be receiving cyber-tuition, and this would include all students on Wednesdays. Of course, how they will get to school once the majority of bus drivers are sick, nobody knows...
I pray good health for you. Maybe someone will talk some sense into the students - one can always hope. For one thing, the student density will be half the usual ... and some parents I am hearing from are going to keep their progeny at home regardless of what their leadership wants.
Aug 18, 2020 11:48:06 #
fantom wrote:
Not surprised. I've never found educators to be the sharpest pencils in the drawer.
Probably not very witty either🤪
Aug 18, 2020 11:50:26 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
Horatio wrote:
I am sorry to hear about your son. I hope his hea... (show quote)
Please do not persist in spreading the false rumor that masks do not protect the wearer. I have a suspicion where that came from but it is patently false!
Of course any mask traps droplets containing the virus. And as long as it doesn’t have an exhaust valve it protects both ways.
The amount of protection varies with the mask and how well it is worn but most will remove the same droplets at the same speed in or out. It is a simple physical fact.
Aug 18, 2020 11:50:37 #
redlegfrog wrote:
So are we going to do this for the next 20 years? every time someone coughs or sneezes everyone is sent home for two weeks of quarantine?
No, not every time someone coughs or sneezes. Only when there’s a possibility they might transmit a serious disease.
Aug 18, 2020 11:51:52 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
redlegfrog wrote:
So are we going to do this for the next 20 years? every time someone coughs or sneezes everyone is sent home for two weeks of quarantine?
Just till we get an effective vaccine.
Aug 18, 2020 11:53:55 #
Dannj wrote:
No, not every time someone coughs or sneezes. Only when there’s a possibility they might transmit a serious disease.
"Only when there's a possibility" Could you define those possibilities please!
Aug 18, 2020 11:57:55 #
Horatio wrote:
Personally, I am sick and tired of all this political virus stuff.
Personally, I am sick and tired of all this political virus stuff.
The virus is utterly apolitical. Humans with political biases that make them unwilling to accept facts of Nature are the greatest impediment to coping with the virus.
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